My son hates wearing clothes

He will be 4 on the 28th next month...and he’s always frickin naked. He goes into a room fully clothed, comes out with nothing. He wakes up in the morning (or at some point throughout the night) and takes all of his clothes off.

Anyone else raising a nudist? Or a nudist that had to transition into going to school and work on keeping their damn clothes on? 😂

I’m fine with it when we’re at home, he’s comfortable and this is his safe place...but even at my parents house, in laws house etc he’s saying hello and off go the pants. He has no inhibitions.

Can you incentivize keeping his clothes on? Some kids do well with bribes...I mean inventives.

Not stripping earns a sticker, and 5 stickers earn a Hot Wheel or Blind Bag?

Too delayed? Stay clothed at grandma's and get a treat on the ride home!

I've not tackled this much. DS (dear son) lags changing his pullups occasionally, so we remind him if he wants to play with his penis to go to his bedroom or the bathroom. He's pretty amenable, but almost 4.5.

We’re a pretty nudist family at home, but now that my 4 year old has LOTS of questions about my body we’re moving towards wearing more clothes lol. Is your son in school now? I’m sure when he gets to kindergarten he will assimilate with that’s acceptable and what’s not.

I don’t think it’s a sensory thing, it seems more of a comfort/preference thing lol. He still likes wearing hats, shoes, chunky costume necklaces, super hero masks etc.. sometimes he’ll go an entire day with his shirt on, it’s just pants and undies that disappear on the daily.

We also tell him if he wants to touch his pp he needs to go to his room (boys and their penises, am I right) I’m totally not against bribing him to condition a learned behavior LOL, it worked for potty training so I might have to come up with another system so he can get it together.

Right now he stays home with me during the week because preschool programs in our area are ridiculously expensive and we make just enough money yearly to not qualify for assistance 😕

My 4 yo DD (dear daughter) LOVES being naked. Like almost always when we’re at home. She was in preschool for a couple months this year and did fine while at school. Just stripped down when she got home 😂

We’re moving in with my aunt for a couple months and I have no idea how my DD (dear daughter) is going to handle having to wear clothes while at home.

My 3 year old is in that stage, it’s a battle I don’t fight at home other than undies, which he has come to terms with. Thankfully DD (dear daughter) finally wears clothes. She just recently started keeping them on, she’s 4.

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